Bibas Italy: Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities - Hardcover

Caggiano, Biba

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579653170 ISBN 13: 9781579653170

Publisher: Artisan Books, 2006

Synopsis

The British love Italy, they also love Italian food: time and again, it's rated our favourite international cuisine for both home cooking and restaurant dining. In "Biba's Italy", renowned cookbook author and restauratour Biba Caggiano shows why: here are the very best recipes, with travel tips galore on restaurants, bakeries, gelatarie, food markets, and cooking schools. It includes 100 delicious, simple, satisfying recipes, such as classics from Rome's trattorie such as Veal Scallopine Saltimboca and Bucatini all' Amatriciana; Florence's hearty T-Bone alla Fiorentina, rustic Ribollita soup, and sinful Chocolate-Coated Zuccotto; irresistible Bolognese ragus, Pork Shoulder Braised in Milk, and Roast Chicken with Pancetta and Potatoes; Milano's definitive versions of Osso Buco, Saffron Risotto, and Minestrone; and, Shellfish Stew, Sweet-and-Sour Shrimp, and other seafood from the fish merchants of Venice. This is the food we love, presented with unparalleled authority, evocative atmosphere, and charming personal style.

About this title

Review:

"An experienced cookbook author and a teacher, and it shows in the way she explains dishes and writes recipes."
--The New York Times

From the Back Cover:

Here is the very best food from our very favorite cities--the glorious dining destinations Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan, and Venice--brought to life by one of the most authoritative authors in the field. The 100 delicious, simple recipes range from time-honored home-cooking traditions to restaurant classics and even startling innovations by Italy's star chefs, and are accompanied by invaluable cooking tips and rich, evocative atmosphere. And each chapter offers travel tips galore--on the best restaurants, wine bars, gelatarie, and markets--as well as eminently useful reference sections on ingredients and menus. Biba's Italy will at turns transport you to a canal-side caffè in Venice and a bustling outdoor market in medieval Bologna, to a chic Milanese ristorante and the lively streets in Rome and cozy enoteca in Florence. Then lure you back home to re-create these experiences in your own kitchen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Artisan Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1579653170
• ISBN 13: 9781579653170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320